Post array of strings to web API method

Question

this is my client side ajax call:

    var list = [\"a\", \"b\", \"c\", \"d\"];

    var jsonText = { data: list };

    $.ajax({
        type: \         


        

Answer 1

You can also do this with JSON.stringify, which feels more semantically intuitive than putting things in an object with an empty string key. (I am using Web API 2, not sure if that matters.)

Client code

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST', //also works for PUT or DELETE
    url: '/api/UserRole',
    contentType: "application/json",
    data: JSON.stringify(["name1", "name2"])
})

Server Code

[HttpPost]
[Route("api/UserRole")]
public IHttpActionResult AddUsers(string[] usernames)